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of Agra University, former teacher
at TDS, and principal of SSG for the
past five years during which this all-
boys residential school that has 550
students and 67 teachers on its muster
rolls, has consistently risen in the an-
nual EWISR league tables.
With SSG promoted to the very top
of the legacy boys boarding schools
league table this year, the second
spot is shared by TDS and Mayo
College with the latter maintaining
its #2 ranking of 2019-20. This minor
reshuffle apart, the Top 5 table com-
prises the very same institutions as
last year. Welham Boys is ranked
#3 (cf. 2 in 2019-20), followed by St.
George’s College, Mussoorie at
#4 (3) and Bishop Cotton Boys,
The Doon School, Dehradun. Inset: new headmaster Dr. Jagpreet Singh Shimla and the low-profile Sarala
Birla Academy, Bengaluru (7)
ry-secondary education community, dents, parents, old boys and the Board jointly ranked #5 pushing St. Paul’s
there’s a good chance that TDS will of Governors. Credit must also be giv- Darjeeling to #7 (5).
recover its good reputation and as- en to our entire faculty and support Evidently, despite the blue chip
sume its normative #1 ranking in fu- staff who have ensured that teaching- Mayo College (estb.1875) being
ture EWISR league tables. learning has continued online during ranked #2 all-India and #1 in Raj-
Be that as it may, in the sprawl- these challenging pandemic times. We asthan (pop.68 million), Lt. Gen.
ing campus of the Scindia School, set value our cooperative and progres- (Retd) Surendra Kulkarni, PVSM,
within the ramparts of Gwalior Fort in sive teachers very highly. Therefore, AVSM, VSM, the straight-talking
the Hindi heartland state of Madhya I’m very pleased that SSG has been principal of this vintage school pro-
Pradesh, lamentations about TDS be- awarded the highest scores under the moted 145 years ago to educate prog-
ing dislodged from last year’s shared parameters of teacher welfare and de- eny of the royals of pre-independence
podium, are unlikely to be heard. velopment and teacher competence,” India’s 500 princely states, is less
With top scores under the param- says Dr. Madhav Deo Saraswat, than euphoric about Mayo’s next best
eters of teacher welfare and academic an English and Hindi postgraduate place on this year’s podium, despite
reputation and near top-scores on all Mayo College’s Gen. Kulkarni (centre): credibility criticism
other parameters, SSG has been voted
the country’s top ranked boys board-
ing school by a comfortable 12 points
margin.
“We are delighted and humbled
by the solo #1 ranking that your in-
formed 11,000-plus sample respon-
dents have awarded SSG this year.
It’s very satisfying that the institu-
tional objective that we have set for
SSG — to develop into the country’s
foremost centre for primary-second-
ary learning, creativity, and innova-
tion — has been validated by your
knowledgeable sample respondents.
I believe that our top ranking this
year is due to the continuous support
and encouragement extended to the
management and teachers by our stu-

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